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Anyone else spend half their time telling Claude to stop being clever?

Users are reporting that the AI model Claude frequently over-engineers responses, adding unnecessary complexity and inventing jargon. This behavior requires users to spend significant time refining prompts and implementing rules to ensure simpler, more direct outputs. While the core functionality is often good, the AI's tendency to AI

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Anyone else spend half their time telling Claude to stop being clever?

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  1. r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Pleasant_Goose_610 ·

    Anyone else spend half their time telling Claude to stop being clever?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I do not know when this started but a real chunk of my prompting now is just talking Claude down from over-engineering. </p> <p>Ask for a script that reads a CSV and writes a summary. What comes back has a config loader, a plugin system, a custom…